'Ternaux' Rose
R. chinensis variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Indica subviolacea
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Indes à fleurs presque violettes
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. chinensis variety
COMMON NAME Ternaux
OTHER NAMES Near Violet China Rose
CLASS China
ORIGIN Seedling of the ‘Crimson China Rose’ raised by Monsieur Ternaux, c. 1812
FLOWERING Continuous bloom
SCENT Unknown; likely slight/no fragrance
GROWTH Small shrub
AVAILABILITY Extinct?
At left; picture of the China Rose known as ‘Ternaux’, R. chinensis variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 115 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
